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Series:   Elements in Politics and Communication

The Increasing Viability of Good News

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2021

Stuart Soroka  and
Yanna Krupnikov
Stuart Soroka
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Yanna Krupnikov
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University, State University of New York

Summary

In spite of what appears to be the increasingly negative tone of media coverage, this Element suggests that the prevalence of positive news is likely to increase, for three reasons: (1) valence-based asymmetries vary over time, (2) valence-based asymmetries vary across individuals, and (3) technology facilitates diverse news platforms catering to diverse preferences. Each of these claims is examined in detail here, based on analyses of prior and/or novel data on media content, psychophysiological responses, and survey-based experiments. Results are considered as they relate to our understanding of media gatekeeping, political communication, and political psychology, and also as actionable findings for producers of media content, communications platforms, and media consumers.
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Series: Elements in Politics and Communication
Online ISBN: 9781108982375
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Print publication: 12 August 2021

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